Sympathy For Magic Cures

In the old days, sympathetic magic, often involved the idea that something that looked like something in or on the human body, would therefore have some impact on that part if used in a spell, potion or medicine.

Early Man Practised Sympathetic Magic To Aid The Hunt ......

It was also sometimes called imitative or correspondence magic.

Stupid Science

The 28th annual science Ig Nobel awards at Harvard university in the USA have caused the usual stir this year.

.... The winner, who has understandably gained the most press interest, was for the medical scientists who said that kidney stones could be removed, by the sufferers riding roller coasters like the infamous Wild Mouse ride in Blackpool above.